Ironing-board



No. 6l9,573. Patented Feb. 14,1899.

`E. G. HUMMELL.

IBONING BUARD.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1897.)

(No Model.)

A TTOHNE YS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD GEORGE HUMMELL, OF LANCASTER, NEW YORK.

IRONING-BOARD.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,573, dated February 14, 1899.

Application led December 31, 1897. Serial No. 664,855. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD GEORGE HUM- MELL, of Lancaster, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Board, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved ironing-board which is simple and durable in construction., easily set up against a table, chair, or other support, and arranged to permit of convenient folding for transportation, storing, or other purposes, the device being also serviceable as a shelf for supporting various articles.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement as extended. Fig. 2 isa sectional side elevation of the improvement folded up. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the extension-brace. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of part of the same on the line 4 4 of Eig. 3; and Fig. 5 is an inverted plan View of a portion of the board, showing the spring-clamp.

The table A for the ironing-board or shelf is provided at one end and at the under side with a spring-clamp B, adapted to securely hold this end of the table against a chair, ordinary table-top, or like support. On the under side of the table A and at a suitable distance from said clamp Bis pivoted a leg C by means of hinges D, so that the leg can be swung into an angular position relatively to the table A and in a forward direction from the support to securely hold the table A in a horizontal position for ironing purposes.

The leg O is connected with the forward end of the table A by an extension-brace E, provided with a tube E', formed at one end with transverse trunnions E2, engaging bearings F on the upper face of the leg C. In the tube E' is fitted to slide a rod E3, pivotally connected at its forward end to a lug G, attached to the under side of the table A. The free end of the tube E is formed with an extension E4 at a right angle to the tube and E3, to hold the latter in an extended position I relatively to the tube E' to bring the table A in the desired horizontal position relatively to the height of the table, chair, or other support connected with the table by the sprin gclamp B.

The bolt H is provided at the outer end of the extension E4 with a suitable knob H', adapted to be taken hold of by the operator forwithdrawing the bolt H from the teeth E5 to permit of sliding the rod E3 inwardly in the tube E'. The bolt H is prevented from turning by a pin I, held in the extension E4 and passing through an elongated slot H2, formed in the bolt H, said slot also containing a coil-spring J resting with one end on the pin I and with its other end against the bolt H, so as to press the same in engagement with the teeth E5.

On the upper face of the leg C is formed a recess C, and a similar recess A is formed on the under side of the table A to receive the several parts of the extension-brace E when the leg O is folded against the under side of the table A, as is plainly indicated i'n Fig. 2, to permit of folding the several parts into as small a compass as possible for transportation, storing, or other purposes.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the ironing-board A may be readily set up at any desired height, according to the support against which one end of the table rests, the extension-brace permitting of giving the desired distance between the leg C and the table A to bring the latter into proper position.

The device can be readily used as a bench or seat by adjusting it to a suitable support.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the table, the leg pivoted thereto, the extensible brace consisting of sliding sections connected respectively to the table and to the leg, one of said sections being tubular and having its free end bent laterally, while the other section is toothed and passes into the tubular section, and a locking member fitted to slide in thelateral extension of the tubular section and to engage the toothed section of the brace.

EDWARD GEORGE HUMMELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. SCHOUTEN, MICHAEL YOUNG.

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